Many sporting clubs are going through a rough time. With no options to play or only being allowed to play without fans in the stands, not much money, if any, is coming in. Dutch hoofdklasse club Silicon Storks decided to do something about it. Through its Instagram account, the club sent an ad into the…
In a press release, Dutch hoofdklasse club HCAW from Bussum announced that it has a new sponsor. Local broker Siewe has signed a multi-year deal with the club. The new sponsor deal is kind of curious. Next to putting its name on every seat of the Rob Hoffmann Vallei, the ballpark of HCAW, the broker…
After long deliberation, the KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation) and the Dutch hoofdklasse clubs have decided to start the Dutch hoofdklasse season at April 29. Both the KNBSB and the Dutch hoofdklasse clubs have decided to start the competition within the COVID-19 boundaries. This means that the frist games will be played without…
In their first week the Indian Hills Warriors, a Community College from Iowa, went a perfect 4-0. If that wasn’t enough, one of their players was named ICCAC Athlete of the Week. Sophomore catcher Dave Janssen put up some very nice numbers to earn this honor. In four games, Dave went 6 for 9 (.667)…
As soon as the news came out that Nettuno Baseball had acquired Ademar Rifaela, the discussion broke loose in a Dutch baseball group on Twitter. Was this allowed or not? The manager of Curaçao Neptunus stated it wasn’t and eventually he was right. According to baseballmania.eu, the Dutch baseball federation KNBSB has not issued the…
Due to the corona crisis, the Dutch hoofdklasse season will start three weeks later than originally scheduled. Instead of Thursday, April 8th, the league will start on Thursday April 29th. For now the KNBSB (Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Federation) is counting on a start of the competition in April. But when corona measures of…
Normally the Dutch Baseball Hangout does not spend much time on Swedish baseball, but since Jakob Syrén has a past in Dutch Baseball and he is a very friendly guy, yours truly would like to write something about his transaction. After a season in the Dutch hoofdklasse with De Glaskoning Twins and a season in…
Like last year, Nettuno Baseball has signed another player from the Dutch Kingdom. After Oliver van det Wijst Nettuno has acquired Ademar Rifaela. The 26-year old Curaçao born outfielder spent 7 years in the farm system of the Baltimore Orioles but was not re-signed due to corona. As a result, Rifaela joined Quick Amersfoort from…
For the average (Dutch) baseball fan, the name Rick van Dijck may not ring a bell immediately but Rick is one of those Dutch players that is playing abroad for several years now. Time to put him into the spotlights. Rick started to play baseball at the age of eight with De Knuppelaars from Rosmalen….
Nothing official has been announced yet, but with the hoofdklasse baseball calendar of 2021, which has a very tight schedule thanks to an Olympic Qualifier Tournament and eventually the Olympic Games, one can wonder if there is room to play the tournament. With the current hoofdklasse schedule, which is provisional for now, the World Port…
